Finally, onkyo replied me after 3 weeks, they will repair my receiver, but not reimburse me the $ 75 I paid at the workshop. I hope that the receiver will work at least another 4 years for my money back!

Want to say I bought this in August 2009 or close to it. Just died today, no sound but all the inputs switch. I'm not sure if this is an HDMI board problem since the tuner doesn't work and that is all internal with no HDMI in or out.

My brother-in-law said he again has no sound. I will contact Onkyo about a repair. Any suggestions?

I was able to get a "one time warranty repair" for my receiver. The repair took two weeks and the receiver is back in operation. Seems to work fine and hopefully my brother-in-law well get many more years of service. Repairs were done by "Just Audio" in Baltimore, MD.

Thanks Johan, you just managed to save what's left of my evening. My unit just died. I remembered this thread, and was just searching for the reflow technique - but I found your tip. I registered my unit and now waiting for the box and labels.

Thanks Johan, you just managed to save what's left of my evening. My unit just died. I remembered this thread, and was just searching for the reflow technique - but I found your tip. I registered my unit and now waiting for the box and labels.

I hope all goes well!

Allright, it is now back and I have a new HDMI board installed.. on one of the DTS chips there is this small "New" label. Although it kind of looks as if it is a used chip, it looks as if there is some rub on top of it were a cooling block could have been placed.. Saying that, I ordered some cheap Chinese aluminium heat spreaders to place them over any chip with a DTS logo on it.. just to be sure. I already put a big one from an old graphic card on the "ST" chip, couldn't hurt. Unfortunately I can't test it out just yet because we're in the middle of a move.....

Further then that, the standard UPS packaging and handling caused some bending of the speaker terminals. Unfortunately.

Allright, got it back and at first it was OK. But since I was in the middle of a move I haven't been able to listen to anything else than the tuner, which was fine. Also I only hooked up two speakers.

But then, now I was able to reach for the CD player, connected it and it sounded like crap! (Mind you it was a modified Marantz). So I thought after 8 years it was fried, so I hooked up my cheap Philips Bluray player. Crap as well (connected by HDMI).

Ok then I hooked up my external DAC to the Onkyo, but sounded like crap on both line and optical.

What I mean by sounded like crap: the sound sounded oversteered by higher volumes, though I needed to turn up the volume by at least 0db output to get a reasonable volume. With heavy distortion, mind you.

Just got an email from Onkyo support to perform a factory reset (why, it is tested right?). But I will swap cables nevertheless and try....

Needless to say I am quite disappointed.

It is bizarre that my girlfriend's entry level Pioneer VSX415 which was about 200 euro's new, outlasted my former Marantz SR5600 (returned to the shop multiple times, lost track) and my Onkyo SR707.

So I will either go stereo again, or go "pro" level with seperate pre-amp and power aps. I do not mind spending some money, but it will have to LAST, at least for a decade. For the moment all I really miss is the HDMI switching because the Pioneer doesn't have it. It sounds WAY beyond expectation through my old BNS (Dutch) speakers so I can live with it for a little while.

I would be so grateful for the company who would focus on basics - good sound, power; excellent reliability for a fair price - and do not incorporate features I do not need, like mediastreaming iPod connectivity and stuff like that.

I've decided to send in for the repair and see what happens. I was pretty happy with that unit until it died and have been using for audio-only since.

Thanks for the replies,

Carlos

If you are happy with the unit, than you will be happy after the repair I guess

I have ran it through some heavy testing and it all works like a charm. I will add some additional cooling just in case, but it doesn't run as hot as before which adds to the confidence this unit will last longer than before.

Just got mine back. Turn around in the USA is pretty quick (I put off sending it out for a few weeks) but they ship it with direct signature required. FedEx knocked on my door while i was still asleep on boxing day. Had to request it to be held at the nearest fedex office store.